Spiritchasm: Branches of the Dead — A small test project

Important! ⚠️⚠️⚠️
While this small test run of my work does not contain any sensitive topics of note, there is a good chance I will call everyone back for the main story of Spiritchasm, which contains a narrative where I may be experimenting with heavier, mature, and possibly gory topics, in comparison to this short story which has much more of a lighter, slice of life tone.

What is Spiritchasm?
Spiritchasm is a kinetic visual novel heavily inspired by Tsukihime and Witch on the Holy Night, surrounding the story of a broken world filled with spirits—people that range from humanoids with objects for heads, to robots of varying structure and size. An annual event called the “Great Harvest” pits many of them against each other, in hopes of appeasing the gods, all for a wish that is granted to those who succeed.

Much of this is subject to change, but in the meantime as I develop this story, I’d like to test the waters by making a short story that touches on the lighter side by covering one of this world’s festivities! That story being this one, Branches of the Dead. 

Oh yeah, speaking of that short story… here’s what it’s about.
This little project of mine will be my testing grounds, where I figure out how much work there is to be done when working with Ren'Py, and when working with voice actors. 

The story will surround Dopple and Cypress’ shenanigans with each other—two major characters that will continue to be integral to the main story of Spiritchasm. A couple others will take on a side role, but they still have a chunky role in the main story! I’d just like to start small first before I go bigger. 

I’m still working things out in Ren'Py, so there is no set release date on this project, but the script is all finished. Work will be given immediately after casting is all wrapped up.

A couple more notes on what I plan on doing in the future, if I end up going forward with Spiritchasm’s current plans…
I can’t guarantee I’ll be going forward with this passion project of mine if it ends up being too much for me, but I would still like to prepare for the scenario where I do make this my big and awesome thing! I would ask that all voice actors who audition to be 18 years old or above, just so I can account for the mature topics that will potentially be covered in the main project.

A few obligatory tidbits for the voice actors auditioning:

- No prior experience needed! 

- Please record in the AABBCC format! Two takes per line, minimum.

- I’m open to non-native English accents! I also may have some listed accents other than American (like British), but I’m still open to any accent, just as long as the lines are spoken in English.

- The main story of Spiritchasm will include a lot of emotional performances (this one also includes a little bit of that), so prepare your vocal cords if I call you back!

- Please do not put a voice filter on your auditions for the robots/constructs! I will be doing the post-processing.

- Make sure that the auditions are visible to me!

And the other obligatory stuff, and a quick recap in general:

- Work is unpaid. This may change for the main project, but smaller ones like these will be unpaid.
- Please have Discord for communication purposes! I can’t really accommodate for other social media sites nor this one at the moment.

- I expect communication to be consistent and honest. If problems arise during work, please contact me and we can try to figure things out.

- Work is remote and over Discord. I'm new to working with voice actors, so please bear with any mistakes I am bound to make!

- You must be 18 years or older to participate in this project and any future ones with Spiritchasm’s story, if I call you back.
- I will be hosting more casting calls for future characters that aren't shown here! Feel free to keep an eye out for those.

This project does not include AI. Any AI-generated or AI-assisted auditions will be rejected.